Year of the Tiger Blessing Messages

Chinese New Year is coming! Are you still worrying about how to send a blessing message to your Chinese friends? This article will show you some traditional and creative wishes that you can send to your friends or write on greeting cards.

Related: Unique Chinese New Year Gift Ideas

Year of the Tiger

This year is the Year of the Tiger and tiger represents bravery, strength and power in Chinese, so there are so many well wishes including “tiger”(虎) and they are perfect for greeting cards or congratulations face to face during the Spring Festival.

Four-Word Blessings

龍騰虎躍 - Dragon soaring and Tiger leaping(Wish you prosperous and thriving in new year)

虎虎生威 - Wishing you fullness of the vigor and vitality of the tiger.

虎嘯祥瑞 - good luck

將門虎子 - a talented father will raise a talented son

如虎添翼 - like a tiger have wings, means competent people get stronger with help.

龍吟虎嘯 - dragons and tigers roar, normally used for congratulations on starting a business successfully

Eight-Word Blessings

龍吟國瑞，虎嘯年豐-Peace and Wealth

虎步龍驤，鵬飛鯤擊-May your career take off!

金虎賀歲，喜從天降-Best wishes and happiness throughout the New Year.

牛辭勝歲，虎躍新程-Out with the old, in with the new!

Ten-Word Blessings

The following sentences are from Chinese poems and each line can be used separately, meaning happiness and prosperity.

龍引千江水，虎躍萬重山。

虎嘯山增色，人歡歲更新。

丑歲鼓牛勁，寅年震虎威。

燕飛水花俏，虎躍山勢雄。

Fourteen-Word Blessings

These ones are similar to the last part only in 14 words not 10 words and are common on the Spring Festival couplets.

人添志氣虎添翼，雪舞豐年燕舞春。

雲噴筆花騰虎豹，雨翻墨浪走蛟龍。

四海龍騰抒壯志，千山虎嘯振雄風。

金牛奮蹄開錦繡，如虎添翼舞新春。

虎嘯一聲山海動，龍騰三界吉祥來。

Blessing Messages for food gifts

Food is a significant part of Chinese culture and many food commonly seen in CNY gifts have lucky meanings, so it’s nice to use corresponding blessings on your attached greeting cards.

Dried Oysters - Good Luck（好事）

Lettuce - Wealth（生財）

Fat Choi - Wealth（發財）

Poon Choi - Wealth（盆滿缽滿）

Chinese Chives - Everlasting（長長久久）

New Year Orange -Lots of luck and profits!（大吉大利）

Apple - Wishing you safety and peace wherever you go.（出入平安）

Sesame Balls -  Live with Joy（笑口常開）

Fried Dumplings - Wealth（油角彎彎，家財百萬）

Tangyuan -Family Reunion（一家團圓，甜蜜幸福）

Fish (Abalone, Shark's Fin) - Surplus year-after-year!（年年有餘）

Rice Cake, Turnip Cake, Water Chestnut Cake - Climb Higher Up the Career Ladder!（步步高升）

Blessings for Career(Friends and the Elders)

鴻運當頭 - Good luck everyday!

前程似錦 - Have a bright future!

財源廣進 - Wealth's sources broadly entering in!

飞黄腾达 - May you have rapid advancement in your career.

蒸蒸日上 - May your business grow and expand with each day!

步步高升 - Promotions at every step!

招財進寶 - May wealth and treasures fill your home.

升官发财 - May you get promoted and receive a raise.

马到成功 - May you have instant success.

一本萬利 - Wishing that you reap a huge profit from a small investment.

平步青云 - May you have a meteoric rise (usually to wish for promotions)!

財源滾滾 - May wealth roll in!

年年有餘 - Surplus year-after-year!

生意興隆 - Prosperous business!

大展宏圖 - Realize One’s Ambition

Blessings for Schoolwork(Children)

金榜題名 - Success in the examination!

學業進步 - Progress in studies!

快高長大，夢想成真 - Let your dreams take flight in the new year!

百尺竿頭，更進一步 - Here’s hoping you make the most of 2022!

學業有成，前程似錦 - Achieve academic success and have a bright future!

Blessings for Everyone (mostly for the elders)

恭喜發財 - Happiness and Prosperity

辭舊迎新 - Out with the old, in with the new! Happy New Year!

吉祥如意 - Good luck and life according to your wishes!

心想事成 - May all your wishes come true!

身體健康 - Wishing you good health!

富貴平安 - Wealth and safety!

家肥屋潤 - Wishing you and yours health and prosperity in the new year.

歲歲平安 - Wishing you safety and peace every year.

闔家安康 - Happiness for the whole family!

萬事勝意 - May all go well with you!

吉星高照 - May good fortune fall upon you!

新年快樂 - Happy New Year!

龍馬精神 -Wishing you lots of energy and good spirit.

Blessings for Buddhism

福慧雙增 - May the new year bless you with health, wealth, and happiness.

增福增壽 - May you enjoy both longevity and blessing.

平安喜樂 - May the new year bring you peace, joy, and happiness.

廣結善緣 - Make good friends everywhere.

歡喜自在 - May your year be filled with abundance of smiles and laughter.

Creative Blessings

一帆風順，雙喜臨門，三陽開泰，四季平安，五福臨門，六六大順，七星高照，八面威風，九天攬月，十全十美

This long message says lucky phrases start with numbers from one to ten, which means I wish you all the best and makes it interesting and unforgettable.

東行吉祥，南走順利，西出平安，北走無慮，中有健康，左逢源、右發達，前有福星，後有菩薩，內積千金，外行好運

Just like the last one, this message includes blessing words start with directions, meaning good luck will be with you wherever you go.

Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China and thoughtful, passionate and touching New Year wishes will totally surprise your Chinese friends and make them feel warm and fuzzy.